Cheese
Creating Local
Some days I wonder if creativity is worth the bother. The creation of a thing unique and planned from idea and brought out of the murky realms of our mind
2018-10-17
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Elderslie Farm Blog
Blackberries
A Place Worth Staying
I have seen these bushes in searing heat, in driving rain, and a thousand times as I drive past and walk to and fro. This morning I stopped and looked
2018-10-15
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Blackberries
All Things New
In June when I walked the brambles, I measured and I counted and I weighed. I estimated that we would harvest about 30% of what we did in 2017 for
2018-07-26
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Blackberries
On the Edge
Last weekend I was trying to get work done in my office. With the blackberry season about to start, creamery construction at full pace, and serving as a formal dining
2018-06-23
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Cheese
Creamery Dreams
About ten years ago I was sitting at the table with my father and brother discussing goats. How much milk does a goat produce? How much cheese is that? Are
2018-04-23
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Elderslie Farm Blog
A House in the Country
So much is coming down. Gentle leaves drop one by one. Pecans down in the southeast corner of our state are making gentle “plunk, plunk plunk, thud” until the harvester
2017-11-07
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